Pneumatic bell-ringing apparatus



(NoModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

v R. P. GARSED.

I v PNEUMATIQBELLRINGING APPARATUS.

No. 299,636. I Patented June-3. 1884.

. O WITNE ES:

N. PETER. PhnloLilhngnphur. Wa 'hmglun. D4 0,

(N 9 Model.)

, 2 Shets-Sheet 2. -R. P'. GARSED. PNEUMATIC BELL RINEGING APPARATUS.No. 299,636. 7 Patented Julie 3 1884.

mg. 15.1. T13. 78.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

UNITE STATES T PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT'F. GABSED, NORRISTOVVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

PNEUMATIC BVELL-RITNGING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,636, dated June 3,1884-.

Application filed February 21, 1884. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, ROBERT P. GARsED, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of N orristown, Montgomerycounty, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSignals, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap and effective signal.for railroad and household use.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a plan of a pump-holder; Fig. 2, a centralsectional elevation of the same on line 1 2, Fig.

1; Fig. 3, a plan of disk (1, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a modification of thisdisk; Fig. 5, a front View of bell-ringing mechanism in which one staris used to actuate bell; Fig. 6, a side view of the same; Fig. 7, afront view of bell-ringing mechanism in which two stars are used toactuate bell, the bell-rod passing between them; Fig. 8, a side view ofthe same; Fig. 9, a front view of Fig. 7, with rigid stop-piece and withbellows being raised; Fig. 10, a sectional elevation of a coupling forflexible pipes as used between cars, 8m. Fig. 11, a side view of amodification of a star; Fig. 12, a top view of tripping device forholding star in place; Fig. 13, a side view of the same; Fig. 14, afront view of pump, bracket, 820.; Fig. 15, a

- front view of a wall-bracket; Fig. 16, a top view of the same; Fig.17, a front view of a pump, &c., with a ceiling-bracket; Fig. 18, a

front View of ceiling-bracket, and Fig. 19 a top view of the same.

My pump-holder A is spun, cast, or stamped in one piece, and has anorifice, 0, Figs. 1 and 2, in it, through which the air passes from thepump to the connecting-pipe B, which connects the pump and thebell-ringing mechanism with main pipe B, Figs. 5 and 7. In Figs. 1 and 2the connecting-piece B is shown passing through the flange on thepump-hold er, and it is soldered to said pump-holder and furnished witha coupling at its end, as shown, to connect it with the main pipe, whichleads to bell-ringing mechanism. I

d, Figs. 2 and 3, is a disk,which is soldered to the bottom cavity ofpump-holder, and furnished with a hole for bell-rod to pass through.

e, Fig. 2, represents a pipe, which may be riveted at its ends and jointhe orifices in A and d and serve as well to hold disk d in placewithout soldering, and through which the bellrod may pass.

Fig. 4 shows a modification of d, in which (1 and e are cast in onepiece.

Fig. 5 shows a front view of a bell-actuating device. H is a starsupported upon a bellows, J by standards I. K isthe bell, carried by arod, 9, and supported by and pivoted upon a pin, L, attached to bracketM. In this case the rod 9 is bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 6, andfurnished with a pin, f, which rests between the points of the star H.In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 the star is a double one, and the pin f passesthrough the rod, as shown. 0 is a tripping device, Figs. 5, 7, 8, 9, 12,and 13, which prevents thestar from revolving in more than onedirection. This device maybe arranged on a pivot, as shown in Figs. 12and 13, so that it will tilt; or it may simply be a piece of metalhaving an inclined top, as shown in Fig. 9 or, instead of this device, apawl I and ratchet may be used, the first on the star and the second onthe standards.

The operation of the bell-ringing device is as follows: The compressedair from the pump when operated causes the bellows J to be raised, andwith it the star H, when the pin f will travel out toward the point ofthe star until it reaches the end, when it will slip off and the bellwill return by gravity to its first position, and the bell-rod willstrike against the abutting-pin N and cause the bell to be sounded.During the ascent of the star the pin f rests against the top of one ofthe points, and the star is kept from revolving by the stop or trippingdevice 0; but during the descent of the star the pin f rests against thebottom of the point, and as the star falls, which is owing to its weightor the weight of mechanism on bellows, it is revolved, and one pointpasses over the tripping device and takes the place of the one that hasbeen moved, and hence the apparatus is in trim to be again operated. Thestar shown in Fig. 11 has the under sides of its points cut away, toallow a greater swing of the bell-rod by giving a longer face on upperpart of star-points.

Fig. 10 shows a sectional elevation of a coupling for flexible pipes. SS represent the pipes, and '1 T the metal sleeve-joints, which are usedto overcome the trouble that arises from rubber tubing sticking tometal. The operation of this device is obvious.

Fig. 14 shows a pump, &c., supported by a wall-bracket, C. D is theflexible pump, A the metal pump-holder, E the plunger, F theplunger-rod, and G the pull. The rod F is hollow, and the cord G passesthrough it, and is knotted at its upper end. The spring surrounding theplunger-rod in this figure rests at its one end upon the lower arm ofbracket, and abuts at its other end upon a small collar or pin upon therod, and upon the operation of pump aids in returning the same to itsnormal position. A front view of this bracket is shown in Fig. 15, and atop view in Fig. 16.

Fig. 17 shows a pump. &c., on a bracket to be bolted to a ceiling. Fig.18 shows a front view of this bracket, and Fig. 19 a top view. Theadvantages of these brackets are that they can be used by inversion foreither wall or ceiling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In combination, the pumpD, of flexible material, with central walled opening, and supported bymetal holder A, having a peripheral raise on its outside bottom and ahollow central upwardly-extending form 011 its inside adapted to extendwithin the pump D, and the metal disk (I, suited for being held withinthe hollow opening, and forming a guide for the plunger-stem, and saidplunger- Stem, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination, the pump D, of flexible material, with central walledopening, and supported by the metal holder A, having a peripheral raiseon its outside bottom, with hole for the passage of air, and a tube witha connecting-hole on its face, and with a couplingdevice on its end, andso shaped as to pass through a hole in pump-holder flange aroundpump-holder, and form a connecting device for an air-conveying pipe withpump, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with a bell, a connected pump, pipe, and bellows, anda star supported upon the latter, which upon one motion of the bellowsremains rigid and actuates the bell and upon the other motion revolves,whereby it is again placed it position to actuate the bell,substantially as set forth.

4. A free vibrating bell actuated through a pump, pipe, and bellows, andasupported star carried upon the latter, and whose rigidity ismaintained in one direction by a shouldered head attached to thebellows, in combination with a supported shaft for such star,substantially as set forth.

5. In combination, a suspended vibrating bell, a pump, connected pipe,inflatable bellows, and an inclined sliding arm supported by saidbellows, and adapted by its movement to actuate the bell, avertical-moving guide pin or standard connected with bellows, andguiding the same in its motions as well as supporting sliding arm, andthe bracket M, with guide-piece attached thereto, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

6. In combination, the pumpsupporting bracket 0, adapted by reversal ofposition of its parts for ceiling or wall attachment, the air-pump, withplunger and tubular red attached thereto, the handle, with cord passingthrough the plunger-rod, an air-conveying pipe attached to pump, and anair-operated bell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In combination, a pump supporting bracket adapted by reversal of itsparts for ceiling or wall attachment, an operative airpump, connectedpipe, and an actuated bell, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

8. In combination, a supported air-pump, an actuating-plunger having atubular rod passing through the pump, a handle with attached cordpassing through the rod, an airconveying pipe attached to pump, and anactuated bell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In combination, a pump supporting bracket with vertical andhorizontal arm, an air-pump with tubular plunger-rod passing through itscenter, a handle with cord passing through plunger-rod, a springsurrounding said rod and supported upon one of the arms of the bracket,an air-conveying pipe, and an operative bell, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

R. l. GARSED.

Vitnesses:

O. B. KING, THEo. D. RAND.

